Here’s a hot take: All crypto asset price trackers currently provide silly, stupid lists. Let me explain why. No matter whether you get price data from CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, CryptoCompare, CoinLib, CoinCap, the newly launched OpenMarketCap, or even your favorite exchange: you always get a simple list that ranks all kinds of crypto assets in a…… Continue reading Silly, Stupid Lists. Why Crypto MarketCap Lists are BS | CryptoConscious
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Untangling the Different Crypto Innovation Streams | CryptoConscious #5
This installment of CryptoConscious is overdue. Sorry! This post took me more than one hour and partial publishing didn’t make sense imho. Some of you might know that I’m a big proponent of clarity, precision, and nuance. Especially in a newly emerging space like the blockchain/crypto/web3/DLT ecosystem, however, all of them are often lacking. Whenever…… Continue reading Untangling the Different Crypto Innovation Streams | CryptoConscious #5
Bitcoin Bear Thoughts: The No-MoE Problem | CryptoConscious #4
Let’s continue where we left off yesterday. Yes, I think Bitcoin has intrinsic value. However, I don’t believe that Bitcoin will ever turn into the web’s medium of exchange. Let’s briefly revisit yesterday’s network effects point. Successful currencies – that is, money which functions as a medium of exchange and not merely as a (rather bad…… Continue reading Bitcoin Bear Thoughts: The No-MoE Problem | CryptoConscious #4
Intrinsic Bitcoin Value? Pt. 2| CryptoConscious #3
Let’s continue where we left off yesterday. 2. Bitcoin has the brand One or two years ago, when you told somebody from the normal world that you were interested in blockchain or cryptocurrency, the reaction you got was similar to you just having announced a pretty unusual fetish. Thanks to last year’s crazy market and the…… Continue reading Intrinsic Bitcoin Value? Pt. 2| CryptoConscious #3
Intrinsic Bitcoin Value? Pt. 1| CryptoConscious #2
A few days ago, I watched an entertaining debate about Bitcoin between ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees and Peter Schiff, a well-known American financial commentator, stockbroker and the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. The main question posed in there was whether or not Bitcoin (or some other cryptocurrency) would end up replacing state-issued fiat currency as a…… Continue reading Intrinsic Bitcoin Value? Pt. 1| CryptoConscious #2
CryptoConscious #1: Introduction
I’ve barely been writing in the last year. As I transitioned full-time into the exciting, fast-moving space of crypto/blockchain/web3/DLT, there would have been plenty of topics. Yet, in between launching the Untitled INC network, working with several clients on their blockchain projects and ICOs, learning a bunch, and meeting many new people, I didn’t find…… Continue reading CryptoConscious #1: Introduction
Rough Notes 